Grass-pulling attachment for spring-toothed harrows



NOV. 4, 1930. J PlXLEY 1,780,840

GRASS PULLING ATTACHMENT FOR SPRING TOOTHED HARROWS Filed Oct. 4,1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 q /6 4; 2mm

Attarngy NOV. 4, 1930. J PIXLEY I 1,780,840

GRASS PULLING ATTACHMENT FOR SPRING TOOTHED HARROWS Filed Oct. 4, 1928 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 14 a mi r L E ""16 /6 1 I /w v l l @ziq. 6.

1701212 If. QPixZey Patented Nov. 4, 19 30 1 i E iPATENT+ewes-i JOHN H. PIXLEY, orrrannrsoiv, MICHIGAN? i GRASS-PULLING ATTACHMENT" r03 sPmNG TooTHEn anKnows 1v Q i Application filed October .4, .1 9 $8. serial n6. 310,328 The present invention relates toattach-"s'eries of spring harrowteethl; f Theteeth ments for harrow teeth and is designed par-f are I arranged folil the various shaftsin. ticularly for use in pulling grass during the". 'staggered' 'relation as' illustrated in'Figure 1. operation of the harrow. V ofthedrawing. f The shaft's ti are connected 5 One of the important objects of the infffo' uniform movement a linl; 8 having 55 vention is to provide an attachment of this one 'end'loperativelyc'onneetedwith anopercharacter by means of which a grass pulling ;.ating lever 9 cooperating with a quadrant 10 tooth may be mounted in parallel relation for. securing-the teeth in adjusted position. with the tooth at each side thereof and by The suhject matter ofjtlie present invention 10 means of which grass, weeds, or the like havcomprises an attachmentffor eachofthe teeth 60 ing roots penetrating the ground below the 7 "and'ncludes a pair of attaching 11 depth of the harrow toothmay be engaged disposed at opposite faces of thetoothiand and removed. 1 igsecuired theretofhybolts 12.1 'Qneo ftheplates Another object of the invention is to pro-ffhas-its' "inner face recessed as shown? at 13. 15 vide means for adj'ustably securing the atwhich the tooth"'sseated sothat the 65 tachment in position uponthe harrow tooth; other vf said plates operates as a clampjfor A still further object is to provide an at securing tlie toothiin position'jthereinf The tachment of this character which may be "recessedfplate if galsofprovidedwithx vertireadily removed from the tooth when desirj ,cally extendingopenings adjacent" the 0ping to use the harrow in the usual manner. 1 :p'osite' ends thereof wit Other objects and advantages reside in the I lfli'of a grass pullingftoo special construction, combination and ar-"fl he scoured iverticallyadju'sted rangement of the various elements forming"fp'osit 1onjto the platebygtsfi sqrewglti, Ihe the invention as more fully hereinafter de-f'tooth 15 is preferably'con ictejd wi'thj its scribed and claimed, reference being had to upper'or shankfportfon frounded fas'illus hin whichtheshank V thjl5 'isfinser'tedy, 7

the accompanying drawings forming 'part 'itratedlat 17 fin Figurefio'fthe dr'avvingjand thereof wherein like numerals indicate uneven its lower end urve'djfwwalfdly and parts, in which: J flatt'e ned'at its'opposite side'sfas'illustrated at Figure 1 is a top plan view of a harrow 18 '.l; "will-be[apparent from thdforegoing 3% showing the teeth thereof provided with the that oneof the teeth 15 will be, p o v 1. .99 at so attachment constituting the present inven I each side ofthebladefl and the aching tion.

s s platesjzllgare 'se'curel to the blade so that the Figure 2 is a side elevational view. a lower ends of theteeth 15' will extend below Figure 3is a transverse sectional view the lower end of the harrow tooth.- The-teeth 35 through one of the teeth and illustrating the 15 consequently will penetrate the soil to va relative position of the attachment with regreater depth than the blades 7 and will thus spect thereto. I be able to engage the roots ofgrass and weeds Figure 4 is a view in elevation thereof. a for removing the same from the soil; Suit Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view able ad ustment for the teeth 15 may be made 40 taken substantially upon the line 55 of Figeither by means of the set screw 16 or by ure 3, and means of the bolts 12 provided for securing Figure 6 is a detail of one of the grass pullthe plates on the harrow blades. ing teeth forming a part of the invention. It 1s obvious that my invention is suscepti- Referrmg now to the drawings in detail, ble to various changes and modifications 1n wherein for the purposeof illustration I have construction without departing from the disclosed a preferred embodiment of my inspirit of the invention or the scope of the apvention, the numeral 5 indicates a harrow pended claims, and I accordinglyfclaim all frame having a plurality oftransversely ex-' such forms of the device to which I am entending spaced parallel shafts 6 journaled titled; V

thereon and to which shafts are attached a -Having thus described the invention, what 1 Patent is I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettei's 1. A grass pulling attaohment for barrow teet'h'comprisinga pair of attaching plates 'of'gras s' pulli'ngieeth adjustab-lyseouied to said attachin plates at opposite sides of the disposed at the opposite faces of the harrow tooth,'n1eans carried by the plates for'securgthe ame in po nit e eonm axp i harrow tooth.

2. A grass pu'llingattachmentionhairowe; L is teeth comprising a pair of atta'c hing'plates p dfl pp site faces "ofthe tooth and i v I disposed transversely with respecttheretoin a horizontal plane, oneof saidplates having 1a recess formed therein-for "receiving said one of the openings and with itsjlowerj ench str g th g and a: set screwj'ai'ran T .cuiingjthe grass said plate, '5 i QPPQ f "uthereofii extending belowthe end of the harrovf'tooth I a i i and a set screw ai-r'anged for' adji stably' sef ass pulling toothiin. position .on i saidj platep I i 3.: Agrass "said grass pulling tooth having Intestimo v pulling attaohinentfor barrow h-c mpr ng. pa nio tach nglpl s disposed lat-opposite faces offlthe tooth and V f' disposedtransversely with respect thereto in V V a horizontal plane, on ofssaidf platesfl'f l ay j ;;i ingareoessform edther n fQ ili .e iingQ$ d i v tooth, bolts oarri'ed' by the plates fo'f'fseojure 7 w ing thesame ini-vertically adjusted position is i ..bat t 9t ,.9ne; 1si dJpla si av n wjiically'di posed pe ng i pr ediadinte v oppositefendsthereof and; a' grass; piillin'gjf' tooth having its upper endinserted through on'eof ZtheopeDings and Withits lower- 'end 1 extending belowthe end offthe :harr'ow tooth f ged for, adjustably se-i pulling'tootli in position on e sides flattened, at the lower -iend I V 

